1 Maccabees 2:51-61

51 Call to remembrance what acts our fathers did in their time; so shall ye receive great honor and an everlasting name.
52 "Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness?
53 Joseph in the time of his distress kept the commandment, and was made lord of Egypt.
54 Phinehas our father, in being zealous and fervent, obtained the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.
55 Joshua, for fulfilling the word, was made a judge in Israel.
56 Caleb, for bearing witness before the congregation, received the heritage of the land.
57 David, for being merciful, possessed the throne of an everlasting kingdom.
58 Elijah, for being zealous and fervent for the law, was taken up into heaven.
59 Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael, by believing, were saved out of the flame.
60 Daniel, for his innocency, was delivered from the mouth of lions.
61 "And thus consider ye throughout all ages, that none who put their trust in Him shall be overcome.
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